Stand and cover for garbage receptacles



W. H, BUCKLEY STAND ND COVER FOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES Aug. 19 v1921-31.

Filed Sept. 22

i lmuj ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. BUCKLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVNIA.

STAND AND COVER FOR GARBAGE-RECEP1ACLES.

Application filed 'September 22, 1922. Seria1 No. 589,768.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BUCKLEY. a citizen of the United States, residin in the city and county of Philadelphia, tate of Pennsylvania, have 'invented a new and useful Stand and Cover for Garbage Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a garbage retainer or receptacle, and a cover therefor, and it consists of a novel stand for sustaining firmly such retainer on a pavement or ground.

lt consists valso of means for attaching the stand to a fence, more particularly of metal.

lt consists further of novelmeans for controlling the lid or cover of the retainer in open position tol permit the convenient removal of the retainer from the stand.

It consists also of details of construction as will be hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to place the aforesaid stand on the ground or on a pavement to attach it permanently to a fence, to take the weight thereof from the latter and to strengthen the fence, to locate the retainer where it can be readily found always in the same positiom to provide a lid for covering the retainer that will notl be lost or misplaced.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and soit is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit lo r scope ofthe claims.

Figure l represents a top or'plan view partly broken away of a garbage retainer and cover embodying my invention. i

Figure 2 represents y a side elevation thereof. f

Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section on line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4f represents a rear elevation thereof including a portion of a fence tojwhieh ,f

the device is attached. y

Figure 5 represents a transverse horizontal section on line 5 5, Figurev 3.l

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a tray, the same having depending therefrom the pedestal 2 forming together a stand which may be sustained on the ground or a pavement, said stand being adapted to support the pail, bucket or box 3 comprising a retainer or receptacle for garbage, said tray having a circumferential rim 4 whereby the retainer is prevented from slippingoff or displaced.

Projecting rearwardly from said tray are the ears 5 which are adapted to be fitted on the upright bars or posts 6 of a metallic fence so as to embrace the same. Passed through said ears is the horizontally arranged bolt or screw rod 7 whose ends are provided with nuts 8 which when tightened firmly clamp the ears 5 to the fence and assist in retaining the tray 1 in position, while also bracing the fence.

Above the bolt 7 is the horizontally ar ranged bolt or screw rod 9 which is passed through ears 10 and '11, said ears being fitted on the posts 6 so as to embrace the same, and are provided with nuts 12 which when tightened firmly clamp the said ears to the fence and assist in bracing the latter.

Connected with the bolts 7 and 9 are the ears 13 which extend from one bolt to the other and are clamped to the bolts by the respective nuts 12 and so assist in retaining said bolts in position on the fence.

Passing through the tray is the horizontally extending bolt or` screw 14 with the end portions of which are connected the diagonally extending -brace barsl which are also tightly connected with the upper bolt or screw 9, they also serving to support the tray 1 and steady it in position.

On the end portions of the bolt or screw 14. are nuts 16which when tightened 'firmly clamp the brace bars 15 to the tray and vice versa.

Connected with the upper ears 10 are the forwardly projecting eyes 17 which have therein vertically extending elongated slots or openings 18 in which are located the axes 19 of the hinged lid 20 of the retainer 3, said axes being the terminals of the rod 21 which is screwed to the rim 22 on the side of said lid, thus connecting said lid with said rod, said lid being adapted to close on the top ofthe retainer 3 and cover the same andi owing to the elongated slots 18 the axes 19 are permitted to rise and lower therein, whereby the lid will compensate for any inequality in the height of the retainer or irregularity of the top edge Vof the latter.

It will be seen that the lid may be raised on its axes thus uncovering the receptacle Y with said rod, means on'said tray attach-V Vwhen the latter may be removed from the nose 25, it being seen that when the lid is raised to about full extent the rear end of the latch 23 drops and so causes the nose 25 toyengage with the central portion of the bolt 9 and to loc-l; therewith, whereby the lid is held elevated and so in open condition clear of the retainer.

When the lid is to be closed, the finger piece of the latch is pressed downwardly 'whereby the nose rises from the bolt 9 and sois disengaged therefrom. The lid is thus unlocked when it is let go when it will drop by gravity on the retainer so covering the latter, the latch also resuming its normal position by gravity on the lid.

It is evident that my device will be found conveniently locatable in the home-yard, the utilization of the fence as a means of at tachment for the device, the avoidance of strain on the fence, the main support of the deviceV solidly on the ground or pavement, the proper closure of the receiver or receptacle rendering the same sanitary, and a provision for providing va set location for the retainer andflid, or in other words they vma be alwa fs found in the same lace on the fence.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A stand for a garbage receptacle adapted to be supported on the ground and attachable to va fence, consisting of a tray, a fixed upper bolt, a pedestal for said tray, means for connecting said tray to a fence, a receptacle removably supported upon said tray,.a hinged cover for' holding said receptacle inpla'ce upon said tray, and means carried'by said hinged cover to cooperatively engage with saidl upper bolt to maintain the cover in elevatedposition for removal of said receptacle. Y Y

2. In a stand for a garbage receptacle, a tray, ears on said tray adaptedV to be fitted to a member ofa fence, and means on said ears adapted to clamp it to said member.

3. A stand for a garbage receptacle consisting of a tray, a transversely extending rod on said tray, a brace bar connected able to a member of a tence, and a device on said bar adapted to clamp it to said member.

4. In a stand for a garbage receptacle, a tray, an ear on said tray, a transversely` extending rod on said tray, a brace bar eennected with said rod aitaehable to a member of a fence, means on said bar adapted te clamp the car to said member, an addii ional ear on said tray attachable to said member, a device on said additional ear adapted to clamp the latter to said member, said brace bar being also conneetible with said addi tional ear.

5. ln a stand for a garbage receptacle, a tray, an ear on the latter attaehable to a member of a fence` a clamping device for said ear, an additional ear on said member, a clamping device for the latter, and a brace bar connectible at its opposite ends with said ears respectively.

6. In a stand for a garbage receptacle, a tray, means for attaching it to a member of a fence, ears attachable to said member, a clamping device for said ears, slotted eyes on said ears, and a hinged cover for the receptacle having its axes freely mounted in said eyes.

7. A support for a garbage receptacle at tachable to a member of a fence, a fixed upper bolt, a hinged. cover for said receptacle, a pivotal and notched latch on said cov er adapted to engage the upper bolt and retain said cover in open position, and a receptacle removably positioned upon said support and removable therefrom in open position of said cover.

8. A support for a garbage receptacle attachable to a member of a fence, a cover for said receptacle, a pivotal latch on said cover, said latch being adapted to be manually engaged at one end and being provided at its other end with a notched nose adapted to engage an upper bolt and retain said cover in open position, said upper bolt being arranged in the path of said notched nose.

9. A support for a garbage receptacle, means for attaching said support to a member of a fence, a swing cover for said receptacle, bearings for Ythe axisof said cover, means for attaching said bearings to said member of the fence, a gravitat ing latch on said cover adapted to engage an upper-bolt to retain said cover in open position, said upper bolt being arranged in the path of said latch. i

WILLIAM H. BUCKLEY.

Witnesses JOHN A. VVmDEnsI-IEIM, N. BUssINGER. 

